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CVS

Summary

CVS is a free software[1]. CVS ranks in the top 1% of free_software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (437 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • CVS's instance of is recorded as free software[3].
  • CVS's instance of is recorded as centralized version control system[4].
  • CVS's instance of is recorded as application software[5].
  • CVS's instance of is recorded as communication protocol[6].
  • CVS's maintained by is recorded as Derek Robert Price[7].
  • CVS's developer is recorded as The CVS Team[8].
  • CVS's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 179955429[9].
  • CVS's GND ID is recorded as 4597700-8[10].
  • CVS's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n99833687[11].
  • CVS's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 135668548[12].
  • CVS's IdRef ID is recorded as 052592642[13].
  • CVS's copyright license is recorded as GNU General Public License, version 1.0 or later[14].
  • CVS's programmed in is recorded as Q15777[15].
  • CVS's operating system is recorded as Unix-like operating system[16].
  • CVS's software version identifier is recorded as 1.11.23[17].
  • CVS's software version identifier is recorded as 1.11.22[18].
  • CVS's software version identifier is recorded as 1.11.21[19].
  • CVS's software version identifier is recorded as 1.12.13[20].
  • CVS's has use is recorded as version control[21].
  • CVS's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q9288 (heb)-Uziel302-CVS.wav[22].
  • CVS's has part is recorded as pserver[23].
  • +1990-11-19T00:00:00Z marks the founding of CVS[24].
  • CVS's publication date is recorded as +1990-11-19T00:00:00Z[25].
  • CVS's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09d6g[26].
  • CVS's official website is recorded as https://www.nongnu.org/cvs/[27].

Body

Publication

CVS's publication date is recorded as +1990-11-19T00:00:00Z[25].

Why It Matters

CVS ranks in the top 1% of free_software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (437 views/month).[2] CVS has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] CVS is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

CVS has been cited as an influence by Git[30], a distributed revision control system[31], founded in 2005[32].

FAQs

Who did CVS influence?

CVS has been cited as an influence by Git[30].

Related Entities

application Dick Grune free software Git Unix-like operating system

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . cvs.savannah.nongnu.org. Retrieved . cvs.savannah.nongnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Open Hub. Retrieved . openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . savannah.nongnu.org. Retrieved . savannah.nongnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . savannah.nongnu.org. Retrieved . savannah.nongnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . savannah.nongnu.org. Retrieved . savannah.nongnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . savannah.nongnu.org. Retrieved . savannah.nongnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . lingualibre.org. lingualibre.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . cvs.savannah.gnu.org. Retrieved . cvs.savannah.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . cvs.savannah.gnu.org. cvs.savannah.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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